I love the atmosphere of this one, Don. It looks like a storm is either approaching, or has just gone over. There is an enduring fascination about the ocean, and I for one never tire of well-done paintings of it. I can almost smell the salt in the air - in fact, I think it will be seafood for supper tonight! :-) Thanks for the inspiration.

Don your ocean series is popular as it should be. I am always a fan of gray dominant color schemes and you have delivered that color like a champ. The brush work shows the level of skill and understanding of the subject. Composition and value range also enjoying those heights.

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I still feel like a beginner, even after a lifetime of painting. That’s the wonderful thing about art-making—each blank canvas offers the opportunity to rebuild your world anew. How many job descriptions offer that?

I grew up in rural northeast Oregon and started drawing and painting when very young. I’ve painted large murals all over the country, illustrated books, taught workshops and exhibited in galleries and museums. My art has traveled down two seemingly disparate but parallel paths: one more traditionally realist and the other more abstract. Sometimes they overlap.

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